Indoor Sports
Alternative title: Superstar Indoor Sports
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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Four Indoor Sports are compiled in this entry to DesignStar's SportTime line of recreations. Ten-Pin Bowling, Air Hockey, Darts and (except on the Commodore 64) Ping Pong are featured. The menus and options screens have the same feel as Clubhouse Sports. Each game has computer opponents at multiple skill levels plus human-versus-human and demo modes, and matches can consist of varying numbers of rounds, with other options depending on the game.

Ten-pin bowling is played from a side-on view, although once the shot has been taken you see the results unfold from the bowler's view. There are three stages to taking a shot. Move the player up and down to line up his run-up, pressing fire to set the position. Then, do the same to set the angle of the shot. Finally, after pressing fire to start the run-up, press it again to time the release of the ball, as close to the line as possible.

Darts has 4 skill and 3 speed levels, and players can play to 301, 501 or 701, to vary game length or provide a handicapping system. You can also set whether scoring must start or end with a double. Viewed from behind the board, you must first line up the dart, then set the dart's curvature and power by stopping a curved gauge on the right, then a rising power bar on the left. The view then changes twice - first a behind-the-player view to show the dart's approach, then a close-up of the board to show where it landed.

Air Hockey plays for five minutes, or until someone has scored 12 points. The view is above the pitch but angled so as to emphasize the goal at the top.

Ping-Pong features a handicapping system - six ability areas can be graded from 1-5, to ensure a closely-matched game. Again the view is from behind one court. To impart direction onto a shot, the angle must be pressed at the same time as the fire button.


Alternate Titles
"SportTime Superstar Indoor Sports" -- US packaging title
"Indoor Sports" -- UK title

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Trivia
The Air Hockey and Tenpin Bowling games from the Amiga version were reused as the basis for two of the five modules in Arcadia's Super Select System Sports Simulation, as Sporttime Table Hockey and Sporttime Ten Pin Bowling, which were both part of the module. The Arcadia system used slightly modified Amiga hardware, and had conversions of various Amiga games, such as Sidewinder, Xenon and Double Dragon (itself an arcade conversion to the Amiga in the first place).

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Description from the packaging:

Tired of those boring outdoor games? Tired of getting dirty and sweaty? Then try Indoor Sports! A little air hockey? No sweat. Like to bowl? Then roll on. Darts, anyone? Double your pleasure. And Ping-Pong? Simply smashing. Play against other players or against the computer. But play hard because these fast-paced games are every bit as challenging as the real thing.

Features
Three action-packed games in one package: air hockey, bowling, and darts. Plus a special bonus- Superstar Ping-Pong.
One- and two-player options.
Realistic, 3-D graphics and animation.
Program keeps track of high scores and victories.
Designed by Ed Ringler.


http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/superstar-indoor-sports
